Some of the most pissed-off protest rock right now is coming from outside the United States. Case in point: Malian band Songhoy Blues have announced their third album, Optimisme, with the ferocious “Badala,” a potent blast of activist rock.
Opening with rapid-fire Kalashnikov drums and a searing guitar lick from the band’s Garba Touré, the song is told — in the group’s native Songhai — from the Pov of an oppressed woman. “Badala” translates to “I don’t care,” which the narrator, voiced by singer Aliou Touré, shouts upon breaking free from the patriarchy.
Opening with rapid-fire Kalashnikov drums and a searing guitar lick from the band’s Garba Touré, the song is told — in the group’s native Songhai — from the Pov of an oppressed woman. “Badala” translates to “I don’t care,” which the narrator, voiced by singer Aliou Touré, shouts upon breaking free from the patriarchy.
- 8/5/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
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